Are you aware of calcium needs

Summary: Calcium deficiency is one of the most common health problem women. What is the right amount of calcium women need per day, find here.

For many years there are all sorts of myths around how much calcium do women need. As soon as women reach middle age they start looking answers for all kinds of questions like, how much calcium do they really need? Supplements are really useful or not? Does aging will require more calcium to make bones stronger?

Worry not you are not alone who face troubles finding the answer. It is indeed necessary to have appropriate levels of calcium in your body irrespective of your gender, for women it is more so. Vitamin D is the actual vitamin that helps body to absorb calcium. You need to have appropriate Vitamin D in your body as well to boost calcium.

What stats say?

In a recent report published by Harvard Women's Health Watch it was revealed that all the hype about amount of calcium women need is highly inflated. Forget all those findings that claim you need tones of calcium to have healthy and stronger bones.

According to the report by Harvard the minimum requirement for women below 50 years of age is 1, 000 milligrams while for those over 50 it is 1,200 milligrams. Therefore it is necessary that you maintain this minimum dosage at least. For reference you will need to drink 4 glasses of skim milk 8 ounce each to get the dosage if you are below 50. As evident it can be very difficult for anyone to maintain the minimum calcium dosage without any other source than milk.

How to maintain the dosage?

You will be looking for alternatives to meet the minimum requirements of calcium intake; here we are going to list some of the best ones for you.

Vegetables and fruits also contain calcium but in very small quantity. If you decide to meet the minimum requirement solely from these sources you will end up eating 22 oranges a day or at least 4 services of collard greens daily. None of these are feasible solutions. It is better to go for foods that have high concentration of calcium like orange juice and cereals but still you won’t be able to get full 1,200 milligrams most days.

Supplementation

You can get the required calcium dosage from supplements as well but the problem is high intake of supplementary calcium can harm body as well. Kidney stones are most commonly caused in women who take high calcium supplements. Even women postmenopausal face high heart attack risk if they take 1,000 milligrams calcium a day. The reason for these side effects is calcium taken is not fully utilized by the body.

To fully utilize calcium body needs ample amount of Vitamin D. You better check your intake of Vitamin D as well. Minimum intake of vitamin D is recommended 600 IU daily. Try milk which is fortified source of vitamin D. Also ample amount of sunlight exposure can help body to produce much needed vitamin D.

It is best in your interest to not decide the calcium requirements on your own. Different studies come up with different conclusions, better you consult your physician.

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